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September 22, 2005

Podcasts and the future of music

I got an ipod for my birthday back in July. I have some very generous friends. So now you can see me cruising around town with my white headphones and my little white music box just like all the other cool kids. I have to say that after having it for a couple months I’m pretty sure the ipod revolution is upon us. Apple doesn’t need me to advertise for them, they’re doing just fine on their own, But man I think this is the future of music. People are listening to wider and wider ranges and styles of music. Bands like Postal Service or Iron and Wine are becoming hugely popular without commercial radio play and without the help of big record labels. I hardly ever listen to the radio anymore. The music they play on most of the radio stations in Vancouver is of no interest to me anyway. I don’t need to hear the soft hits of the 80’s every day. There’s amazing music being made every day and it’s not being heard by your average radio listener. Cue the future!!! It has arrived!

I’ve subscribed to a few podcasts. Do you all know about podcasts? I’m no expert on these things, but in my layman’s language a podcast is an MP3 recording often of a radio show. You can subscribe to the show, through the itunes store or directly from a related website. Then whenever the producers of the podcast publish a new show whether it be daily, hourly, or monthly it’s automatically downloaded to your computer. You can then listen to it on your computer or if you have a portable mp3 player you can load it on there and listen to your favourite show on the go.

check out this website for a better description.

http://www.cbcradio3.com/podcast/about.html

I bring all of this up because the technical minds behind the Robert Wilson music website. Namely my pal Rob A. has told me we have the technology to start making and sending out podcasts right from my website. The idea will be that when I get around to it.. Let’s say once a month or so we’ll put up some recordings for you all to download and check out for free! These will be live recordings, songs in progress, maybe the odd interview or rants from yours truly. We should be able to take some requests from you out there in webland too. I’ll keep you all posted on our progress and I’ll try to make a big deal of it when we finally get the podcasts up and running for you all.

Let me know what you think of this idea. Is it something you’d be interested in checking out. Post your comments below.

I just purchased the new album from Seattle band Death Cab For Cutie I’m listening to it right now as I type this and I’m loving it.